US 12,419,385 B2
Article of footwear including an integrated stability member
Vu Luu, Beaverton, OR (US); Kelly A. O'Connor, Beaverton, OR (US); and Evan Perkins, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,727.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/477,399, filed on Dec. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0215681 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 23/08 (2006.01); A43B 7/24 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/18 (2013.01) [A43B 7/24 (2013.01); A43B 13/12 (2013.01); A43B 23/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outsole, comprising:
a forefoot region;
a mid-foot region;
a heel region;
an outsole base having an upper surface and a bottom surface;
a first stabilization element extending from the outsole base past the upper surface, in a direction from the bottom surface towards the upper surface, wherein the first stabilization element includes a first indent within a first interior surface of the first stabilization element; and
a second stabilization element extending from the outsole base past the upper surface, in the direction from the bottom surface towards the upper surface, wherein the second stabilization element includes a second indent within a second interior surface of the second stabilization element.